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SE Bikes OM-Duro, the 27.5+ love child of a BMX cruiser & a mountain bike

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It kinda looks like a regular BMX cruiser at first glance, ’til you realize those aren’t 24″ wheels, but in fact are scaled up to 27.5+. The OM-Duro is the latest in SE Bikes’ retro line-up, aiming to bring the fun of railing a BMX bike to the big mountain by way of big plush 3″ tires. Developed as a sort of celebration of 40 years of SE, it takes cues from their classic OM Flyer cruiser but throws in a set of disc brakes and a 1x drivetrain on top of fat tires to build out an affordable, fun enduro trail hardtail. Get a closer look at the bike, plus video of its designer tossing it into the air across the gap…

It’s always fun to see video of a new bike getting put through the paces, but it isn’t often we see them being worked over by their 45 year old designer (sorry for ratting you out Todd). But that’s what SE brand manager Todd Lyons who designed the bike from the ground up does, thrashing, manualing, and sliding the new OM-Duro around the bike parks & trails at Mammoth, Big Bear, in town & on the beach. Clearly this is a man who enjoys his work.

The resulting 4130 OM-Duro is a classic looptail cruiser frame with a gussetted headtube, plus the new addition of a replaceable derailleur hanger, a disc brake tab, and a standard 73mm threaded bottom bracket. Of course not to mention clearance for the 27.5 x 3″ Vee T-Fatty tires. It even gets stealth internal dropper routing if you want to add on a 30.9 slider for more trail-readiness.

The bike gets built up with a  SRAM GX 1×10 drivetrain and mechanical Tektro disc brakes on bolt-on axles (110mm front & 160mm rear hub spacing), which all helps keep the cost down to just $850. The clutched drivetrain delivers a solid trail riding range with a machined narrow-wide 32T chainring on the Cr-Mo cranks and an 11-36 cassette.

For a classic look and BMX feel the sparkly blue bike gets SE Racing decals, a Big Honkin’ 6″ riser bar, toptube & stem pads.

The OM-Duro comes in two frame sizes that are said to suit riders from 5’3″(160cm) and up, but a bike built like this doesn’t come light. The bike tips the scales (over?) at 38.6lb (17.5kg), but with hefty steel frame, fork, bars & cranks, plus 32 spoke wheels, it’s clearly built to get tossed off a mountain for a good time.

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TheDude
TheDude
7 years ago

I find myself really f’ing wanting this for some reason and I’m a tight w@&#ker with no money to burn

WhatchyouKnowAboutEthic
WhatchyouKnowAboutEthic
7 years ago

Todd Lyons is one of the cooler humans alive today. End of story.

wookie
wookie
7 years ago

This is the stupidest bike I’ve ever lusted after.

Jonas
Jonas
7 years ago
Reply to  wookie

+1

Tim
Tim
7 years ago

Wondering how those Tektro brakes worked on the Mammoth downhill run….

mustcycle
3 years ago
Reply to  Tim

i think its a cruiser

King County
King County
7 years ago

Cool bike. Absolutely awesome video.

MikeFranke67
MikeFranke67
7 years ago

I feel like they just out-Krampus’d the Krampus. I have absolutely no need for this bike, but I want one, really, really bad now.

Kevin
Kevin
7 years ago

Neat bike but man I wish they put better components on it… I know its a throw back but a thru axles and better gear would have made totally want this over the new Krampus..

Todd Lyons is the man.

Iam Bigboyonabike
7 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

Look at the Karate Monkey 27.5+

moe
moe
7 years ago

38.6 lbs

SHROOM
SHROOM
3 years ago

I have two and take them all over Marin Ca trails. So smooth, damp and fun! just an amazingly comfortable and fun bike. I hardly ever ride my Santa Cruz or Specialized unless I’m doing a larger loop ride that gets more technical. Put one in your quiver…you will LOVE this thing.

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